Register-actuating mechanism.



J. CRUMPTON.

REGISTER ACTUATING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION man MAY 12. I909- nsuzwso MAR. I2. 1915.

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REGISTER ACTUATING MECHANISM. APPLICATION men MAY 12. 1909. RENEWED MAR.12,1915.

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WILLIAM J. CRUMPTON, OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNGR, BY MESNFASSIGNMENTS,

T0 WILLIAM .R. HEATH,

0F BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

REGISTER-ACTUA'IING MECHANISM,

Application filed May 12, 1909,'Seria1 No. 495,'4i27.1 Renewed March Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM J. CRUMP- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Evanston, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inRegister- Actuating Mechanism, of which the follow ing is a full, clear,concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to registeractuating mechanisms and has for oneof its main features a loose register, complete in itself, adapted to betemporarily associated with any of a plurality of actuating mechanism,either for accumulation or decumulation. The construction of theseactuating mecha nisms is such thatthey are normally disconnected fromthe source of power and can be connected therewith only by properlyinserting the loose Register. The accumulating mechanism may havepermanently connected therewith a wage-register and, if desired, also atime-register; These registers can therefore not be actuated unlessthere is inserted a loo-se register into the opening provided for thatpurpose. When this is done, not only is the actuating mechanismautomatically connected with the source. of power so that thewage-register and the time-register are actuated, but the loose registeritself becomes connected with the mechanism so that all of the registersreceive conciu'rent actuations in predetermined ratios. loose register,which will ordinarily be the job-register, have the same rate ofactuation, which may. however, be varied at will, by simply substitutingfor oneof the gears in the mechanism a gear of the size necessary toeffect the desired change of rate.

Another feature of my invention consists in a decumulating mechanismwith which a plurality of loose job-registers may be simultaneouslyconnected so as to be decumulated. thereby. This decumulating mechanismhas permanently connected therewith a totalizing register which isactuated in a posititive direction an amount equal to the sum of theactuations of the decumulating registers, so that the indications of thelatter are transmitted into the. totalizing register. One of the detailsconnected with this Specification of: Letters Patent.

The wa e-re ister and the Patented Oct. 19, 1915. 12, 1915. Serial No.13,970.

decumulating arrangement is that the loose registers are provided withmeans for automatically disconnecting the register from the mechanismwhen the zero mark is reached. Another feature connected with thisdecumulating mechanism is the provision on each register of acharacteristic mark which is a sort of mechanical way-bill and is soconstructed that it will cooperate with a corresponding mark associatedwith the decumulating mechanism when the register is sought to beinserted in one of the openings in the wall or panel behind which thedecumulating mechanism is situated. In order to effect proper insertionof a loose register into an opening to connect the register with thedecumulating mechanism, it is necessary that the mark on the registercorrespond with the mark associated with the particular opening or setof openings. In this way it can be determined beforehand into whichopening or set of openings a loose register must be inserted in order tobe decumulated or reset. Therefore, it is impossible to decumulate aregister into the wrong totalizer, thus avoiding errors which wouldotherwise be easy of occurrence.

These and various other features of'novelty will become apparent duringthe course is a top view, partly in section, of the accumulatingmechanism showing a connected wage-register and time-register;' Fig. '3is a partly cross-sectional view of a simple form of loose register,with internal carryover mechanism, not shown; Fig. 4Jis a side view,partly broken away, of the thimble or bushing which is secured in eachone of the openings in the panel behind which the accumulatingmechanisms for the loose registers are situated; Fig. 5 is a 'front viewof the bushing; Fig. 6 is a side view, partly broken away and insection, of a bushing adapted to be inserted in one of the openings inthe panel behind which are situated the decumulating mechanisms, thisbushing being provided with peculiarly arranged lugs on the innerperiphery; Fig. 7 is a front view of the bushing shown in Fig. 6; Fig.8:,is a

side view, partly broken away and cro$- sect onal; of a modified form ofloose register so constructed that it will be automatically disconnectedwhen the zero point has been reached in the decumulation; Fig. 9 shows across-sectional view taken on line 9-9, Fig. 8; Fig. 10 represents avertical side view of a suitable form of decumulating mechanism showingseveral registers associated therewith, the lowermost register beingshown in a disconnected position; Fig. 11 is a; side view of the gearingof the decumulating mechanism; Fig. 12 is a side view of the arrangementshown in Fig. 10 looking at the figure from the right; Fig. 13illustrates a view taken on line 1313, Fig. 10; Fig. 14 is a viewshowing the front panel of a casing or housing in which the accumulatingmechanisms are contained; and

Fig. 15 represents a front view of the-hous;

ing in which the decumulating mechanisms are inclosed.

I shall first take up the description of'the loose register as shown inFigs. 1 and 3. This register comprises a casing 1 within which is housedthe indicating mechanism. Fig. 3 shows the numeral wheels 2 arranged inregular order as is common in the ordinary and well understood registerdevices used for various purposes. 1 The sight opening 3 permits areading of the register indications. I have not deemed it necessary toshow the carry-over wheels or any of the minor details that appear inregisters of this kind, for the reason that all such particlulars ofconstruction are well understood by those skilled in the art. In therear wall 4 of the casing is secured, as by screw threading, sleeve 5,in which is rotatably mounted the spindle 6. It is upon this spindlethat the numeral wheels are supported, as indicated in Fig. 3, the unitswheel being rigidly secured thereto. The front end of the spindle 6finds bearing in the; front head 7 of the register casing. To the lowerend of the spindle is secured the pinion t3 which in the construction ofthe register woulc ordinarily be cast integral with the spindle. Uponthe narrow portion of the sleeve 5 is fimlycfixed a second sleeve 9. Inthe space between the enlarged portion of the sleeve 5 and the sleeve 9is rotativelymounted the idle gear 1O. To the screw-threaded end ofsleeve 9 is secured the annular member 11 l of these shafts as there arehorizontal rows provided with a bayonet slot 12.

One of the accumulatingmechanisms with which the above-describedregister is intended to be associated is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Runninglengthwise of the housing in which the accumulating -mechanisms aresituated is a power shaft 13. It will, of course, be understood thatthere are as many of actuating mechanisms. Thus, for instance, in Fig.14, I have shown five'of such rows, so that there would be five of thesepower shafts in that particular arrangement.

The shaft 13 has rigidly mounted thereon the worm 14 which meshes withthe teeth of the gear wheel 15 seated upon the hub of the gear wheel 16and rigidly connected therewith. The gear wheel 16 is loosely supportedon the sleeve member 17, which is fixed upon the shaft-18 by means ofthe pin 19 or otherwise. Secured to the sleeve 17 is the gear wheel 20,so that rotation of the latter will be communicated to the shaft 18. Abushing 21 resting at one end against the partition 22 and at the otherendagainst the hub of the gear wheel 16, holds the latter againstlateral movement on the sleeve 17.. To the rear end 23 of the shaft18"is screw-threaded the gear wheel 24. Between this gear and thepartition 22 is the gear member 25 which is pivoted upon the shaft 18.The hub portion 26 of this gear member is provided with teeth upon itsouter'periphery so as to form a pinion. To the stub,

27 secured to the partition 22 are pivoted the gear wheels 28 and 29rigidly connected?- together. Meshing with the gear wheel 20' is apinion 30 pivoted on the stub 31. This pinion has associated therewiththe bevel gear 32 which engages the bevel gear 33 on the shaft 34projecting from the casing of the time-register 35. This register isshown with the bevel gear 41 is the'pinion 43 which engages the gearwheel 25.

In each of the openings 44 in the panel 36 is secured, as byscrew-threading, a bushing 45 which is showndetached in- Figs. 4 and 5,and shown in place in Fig. 1 On the inner periphery of thisbushing is alug 46 adapted to cooperate with the bayonet slot 12 to permit properinsertion of the register and prevent accidental loosening of the same.

and the accumulating mechanism therefor, the operation of the devicewill now be clear.

Assuming the power shaft 13 to be uniformly actuated from some suitablesource, as by a clock-controlled motor, and assuming that the looseregister in Fig. 1 is removed, it will be observed that the actuationsof the power shaft are communicated to the gear With this description ofthe loose register wheels 15 and 16, but inasmuch as these members areloosely mounted upon the sleeve 17, no further actuation of themechanism will occur, and the associated wage-register and time-registerwill not be operated. When, however. a loose register is properlyinserted, as shown in Fig. 1, the idler 10 will span the gear wheels 16and 20. and the pinion 8 will, at thesame time, engage the gear 26. Withthe parts in this position, the aetuations of the power shaft aretransmitted from the gear wheel 16 to the gear wheel 20 through themedium of the idler 10. It might thus be said that the gears 16 and 20constitute a normally inoperative clutch connection between the shafts13 and 18, and that the idler carried by the register renders suchconnection operative when the register is inserted. The gear 20 beingthus connected with the shaft 13 will transmit the actuations of thelatter through the auxiliary shaft 18 to the gear wheel 24:. Fromthispoint motion is transmitted to the gears 28 and 29, and from thereto the gear wheels 26 and 25. The gear wheel 25 actuates thewage-register 38 through the medium of gears 43, l1 and 40, and alsoactuates the loose register by means of the gear 8 carried thereby. Thegear wheel 20, besides actuating the shaft 18, also actuates thetime-register 35 through the gear connections 30, 32 and 33. From thisit' will be seen that a workmans wage-register and time-register cannotbe actuated unless a loose job-register is properly associatedtherewith. In other words, the actuating or transmission mechanism withwhich a workmans wage-register and, if desirable, also time-register, ispennanently associated,

. is normally disconnected from the source of power for actuating themechanism, and that an operative connection is automaticallyestablished, bet-ween the source of power and the mechanism, upon theinsertion of a loose register. It is true, therefore, that the consaryto remove the gears 2+ and 9.8 and substitute a pair of gears 'of theproper number of teeth to effect the desired changein the rate ofactuation. This change will affect the gear wheel 25, and therefore thewage register and the loose job-register, since both of these registersare actuated through the gear wheel 25. The time-register, however,

would not be affected by this change in the rate of actuation. for thereason that it is The manner in which these loose registers will behandled in a factory is something like the following: When a workmanarrives in the morning he goes to the place where the loose registersare kept (in Fig. 1% the loose registers lettered a to m are shown in abox-like attachment 47 in front of the panel), and knowing theparticular job on which he is to start work, he takes a registerassigned to that job and inserts it in his opening in the panel, therebyautomatically connecting his wage-register, time-register andjob-register with the time-controlled shaft. When his work on that jobis finished, he removes the register and replaces it by another registerassigned to the job which he is to take up next. For instance, if aworkman was to start work on job a, he would take a register marked aand insert it in his opening in the panel. Similarly, if a workman wastC- start work on job'a, he would select a register marked it and insertit in his particular opening in the panel. Now, it might happen that aworkman, on arriving in the morning, does not know on what job he is tobegin work. In this case, in order that he might not be deprived of-hisdue wages during the time for which he has not been assigned to any job,he takes a waste-wage-register and inserts it in his opening in thepanel. For the sake of convenience these wastc-wage-registers might beof a color readily distinguishable from that of the ordinaryjob-registers. As soon as the workman knows to what job he well beassigned, he removes the waste-wage register and inserts in placethereof a job register assigned to the particular job. At the end of thedays work each man removes the loose register from his'opening in thepanel and returns it to its customary place.

In order to ascertain the amount of work done on a particular job. thejob-registers belonging thereto will, at the end of the day or at anydesired period. be inserted in a decumulating mechanism by which theregister's will be automatically brought back to zero, and at the sametime, their indications transferred into a summation register. Thisbrings us to the description of the decumulating mechanism, of which oneform is illustrated in Figs. 10 to 13.

The sum'mationregister l8 may be removably supported in the panel Thisregister is permanently connected with the associated differentialdecumulating mechanism. Vhen I say permanently I do not mean, of course,that the register remains in such association all the time. T use theterm in contradistinction to the temporary connection between themechanism and the loose registers to be dccmnulated. In the particular'form illustrated in Figs. 10 and 11. this decumulating mechanismcomprises three differential sets and accommodates atthe verticallythrough the casing in which thedecumulating mechanism is housed, and isprovided with as many spiral gears 51 as there are difterential'sets inthe mechanism. In Fig, 10 three of'these gear wheels are shown. Suitablysupported in the front panel 52 and the partition-53 are the shafts 54extending rearwardly in the housing. Each of these shafts is providedwith a spiral gear 55 which is arranged to engage with a spiral gear 51carried by the power 5 aft 50. The spiral gear 55is not shown on thelowermost shaft 54, for the reason that the latter is broken away atthat-point to expose "the associated spiral gear 51. gear- 56 is fixedupon each of the shafts 54. Mounted on the free portion of the outershaft 54 is a sleeve 57, provided at one end with a gear 58, which isadjacent to the gear 56, and at the other end is provided with a gear 59to which is rigidly attached the bevel gear 60 through the connectingportion '61. Similarly, upon the second shaft 54 is loosely mounted asleeve 62 having at one end a gear 63 adjacent to the associated gear 56and at the other end having a gear 64, to which is attached the bevelgear 65 through theconnecting portion 66. The lowermost shaft 54 is inthe same manner provided with a sleeve 67 loosely mounted thereon. Oneend of this sleeve carries a gear 68 adjacent to the associated gear 56,while the other end is provided with a gear 69, to which is attached thebevel gear 70 through the connecting piece 71. The bevel gear 60 engagesthe bevelpinion 72 pivoted in the gear 73, which forms the centralmember of the differential set of which the side members are gears 60and 74. 'Rigidly connected with gear 74 is the gear 75, which engagesthe idler 76, this, in turn, engaging the gear 77 on the shaft. 78 ofthe totalizing register 48. The bevel gear 65 engages the bevel pinion79 pivoted in the gear 80 which forms the central member of thedifferential set of which the side members are gears 65 and 81. Thecentral gears 73 and 80 are in engagement with each other; The gear 81has rigidly connected therewith the gear 82, which engages the gear 84.The bevel gear 70 engages the bevel pinion 85 pivoted in the gear 86which forms the central member of the differential set of which the sidemembers are gears 70 and 87. Gears 84 and 87 are rigidly securedtogether.

The front panel 52 and the partition 53 are provided with alined.openings in which are secured bushings 88. 'A pair of these alinedopenings is associated with each one of the shafts 54, 'so that when aregister is inserted through the bushing in the open- 'ings, the gearSwill engage the gear 59, (or 64 or 69, as the case may be) and theidler 10 will engage the gear 56 and its adjacent gear 58 (or 63 or 68,as the case may be).

.From the above description it will be apparent that unless a registeris associated with one of the differential sets the rotations of theshaft 50 will not be communicated to the sleeve 57 (or 62 or 67) on thatshaft. lVe can, perhaps, best get at the exact behavior of thearrangement shown in Fig. 10 by assuming the parts to be in g theposition in which they are shown and tracing the various paths throughwhich the rotations of the shaft 50 are communicated to the looseregisters and to the totalizing register. lVith registerA inserted asshown, the rotation of shaft 50 is'transmitted from gear 56 to thesleeve 57 through the medium of the idler 10 and the gear 58, and fromthere to bevel gear 60, pinion 72, side member 74, gear 75, idler 76,gear. 77, and thence to the summation register. Now, if no otherregister is associated with that particular decumulating mechanism, thecentral gear 73 will remain stationary and the actuation of shaft 50will be transmitted in the. same ratio to the summation register and theloose register A. If register B is inserted in ad- I ditionto theregister A, a second transmission path will be opened between the shaftthrough this second path is transmitted to' the central gear 73, thedifferential .set to wh1ch this'gear belongs will summate the actuatlonsthat take place over the two paths above described, so that withregisters A and 13 both inserted, the summation register 48 will beactuated at a rate equal to the sum of the rates of actuation of theindividual registers. If we imagine register C to be properly insertedso that the gear 8 engages the gear 69 and the idler 10 spans the gears56 and 68, a third transmission path will be opened between theactuating shaft 50 and the summation register as follows: from the gear68 (which receives the motion of gear 56 through the spanning idler 10)to gear 69, bevel gear 70, pinion 85, (gear 86beingheld stationary)bevel gear 87, gear 84, gears 82 and 81, from there through the pinion79 and central member 80, etc., continuing asbefore described. Theactuation of the shaft 50 through this third transmission path will becommunicated to the second differential set which will summate theactuations of the shaft 50 through the second and third of the describedpaths, while the first differential set will summate the actuations ofthe shaft through all of the three paths. So that. with registers A. Band inserted. the rate of actuation ot the summation register will bethe sum of the rates of actuation of the individual registers. Thedecumulating mechanism might. in this manner. be extended to totalizethe actuations of any desired number of simultaneously associatedregisters. In orderthat no actuation might he accidentally imparted tothe sleeves 5T. (32 and (37, when no corresponding register is in place.I have shown a locking means associated with each sleeve consisting of apawl pivoted at W. and normally restingwvith its, tree end in the spacebetween the teeth ot the associated g ar. as most clearly shown in Fig.1 A spring 91 normally holds the pawl in its locking position. asillustrated in the lower part of Fig. 1H. \Vhen a register is inserted.the end of the projecting spindle will engage the pawl and force it awayfrom the teeth of the associated locking gear. as shown in connectionwith registers and It in Fig. 10.

It will he observed that no register can'he decunmlated unless the gear8 is in engagement with the gear 59 (orb-i or as the case may be) thatis to say. no register can be decumulated without at the same timeactuating the totalizing register an equal amount.whereby theindications of the loose register are transferred into the totalizingregister. To prevent the decumulation ot a loose register beyond zero. Iprovide the same with a hell crank QZ-pivoted in the rear head 4 of theregister casing at 93. as shown in Figs. 8 and 5 The long arm M of thishell crank projects through an opening in the -asing. The highest ordernumeral wheel has connected therewith a disk 5)? provided with a camportion M3. The angular position of this cam portion is such that at themoment when all of the numeral wheels reach Zero and are about to passbe- -yond that. the cam portion will ride beneath the short arm 97 ot'the bell crank and raise the same. thereby moving it into the posi tionshown in dotted lines in Fig. and in full lines in the lower portion ofFig. ll). This movement of the hell crank causes the register to beforced out of its operative position an amount suliicient to cause. disengagement between gear 8 and the gear on the associated sleeve. asshown in connection with register in Fig. 10. This provision on eachregister of means for automatically disconnecting it from thedecumulating mechanism when it has reached Zero is very desirable.inasmuch as it dispenses with an attendant. who would otherwise have towatclrthe registers and remove each one as it reached Zero.

There remains to be described the feature which renders the dm'mnulatioof any par ticular loose regist r possible only by a pre determineddecumulating mechanism. Referring to Figs. 6 and 7, it will be noticedthat the bushing 88. besides being provided with a ing 46. which ispresent also in the bushing usedin connection with the accumulatingmechanism, is also provided with a charzu-teristic mark represented inFigs. 6 and T by the radial projections 98. Nowxin order that a registermight. be properly inserted in an opening having such a bushing, it isnecessary that the annular member 11 carried by the register on thesleeve 9 be provided with grooves which will register with the radialprojections 98. In Fig. 10, the annular member 11 of each one .of theregisters is shown provided with grooves 99 having the same angulardisposition as the projections its on the bushing 88, so that theseprojections will be accommodated in the grooves when the register isinserted in place for decunmlation. By varying the number of projectionson the bushing 88, or by varying their angular position with respect tothe lug to, and by providing sleeves 11 with correspondingly situatedgrooves, it is obvious that one may select beforehand the particulardecumulating mechanism with which a register must be associated in orderto be decumulated. Ordinarily the bushings 88 that belong to the samedecumulating mechanism will be of the same kind, inasmuch as it makes noditi'erence in which particular opening of the set of openings, thatbelong to a decumulating mechanism, a register is associated. Thus. forinstance, the register A might just as well have been inserted in eitherone of the other two openings shown in Fig. 10. In Fig. 15 is shown thefront panel of the housing which incloses twelve decumulating mechanismsarranged in six vertical rows with two totalizing mechanisms in eachrow. Any other arrangement may. of course, be resorted to.

Some one in the factory will have charge of attaching to the loosejob-registers the bushings 11, which constitute a mechanical way-billwhereby the particular mechanism with which a certain register is to beassociated tor decumulation will be determined upon beforehand. So faras the accumulating mechanism is concerned, a particular register can beinserted in any one of the openings shown in Fig. 11L. However, whenitz-nomes to resetting that particular register, it is necessary that itbe inserted into one of a predetermined set of openings suggested in thearrangement of Fig. 15. For instance. let the second of'the totalizingregisters indicated at M in Fig. 15' be for the purpose of indicatingthe total of the work done on job or. In that case all. of the registersmarked m would be provided with a bushing having grooves that willregister with corresponding projections on the. bushings that aresecured in the openings m.

j ob-as for instance, register J intended for job j. In the same way theloose registers marked 1' can be dccumulated only by insorting them inthe openings j, whereby the total cost of that job is indicated by theto talizing register J. It will thus be seen that the annular member orbushing 11 serves in reality as a sort of mechanical waybill, for thereason that it-indicates the route which the register must go tobedecumulated. By

this means I positively prevent the labor done on one job being chargedup to some other job. Of course, the cooperating characteristic marks onthe bushings in the openings and on the register may consist of meansother than projections on the bush ings in the panel and grooves in thebushings on the registers. The particular arrangement shown has beensolely for the purpose of illustration.

Furthermore, it will be apparent that certain features ofmy'iinventionmay be used without certain other features, and that the articularembodiment of my invention lierein set forth has been for the sake ofconveying a; complete understanding of my invention and not as in anyway limiting the invention to that embodiment, as should be clear fromthe appended claims. Besides, concerning my loose register, it will beapparent that the uses to which it can be put and thepurposes which itmay accomplish are indeed many, and I have made no endeavor to enumerateor discuss them. For instance, it may, in certain cases, be desirable toknow .just how much waste wages accrue to each workman. In such a casethe loose register will be inserted for operation only during theinterval that the workman has not been assigned to any particular job.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In combinationga source of power, a plurality of registers, and meanscarried by one of said registers for operatively connecting all of theregisters with said source.

2. In a register-actuating mechanism, the combination of a rotatableshaft, a wageregister and a time-register associated therewith,.normally inoperative transmission gears adapted to connect said shaftwith each of said registers, a loose register adapted to be temporarilyconnected with said transmission gears. and means carried by said looseregister for establishingoperative eonnection between said shaft andtransmission gears. whereby the actuations of said shaftare concurrentlytransmitted to all of said registers in predetermined ratios.

3. In a register-actuating mechanisn'i. the combination of a rotatableshaft. a pairof registers adapted to be concurrently actuated thereby,one of said registers being permzmentlv and the other removablyassociated with said shaft. and means whereby the removal of saidlast-nurntioned register automatically disconnects both of the registersfrom said shaft.

4. The combination of a register. mechanism for actuating the same. aloose register adapted to be readily brought into and out of associationwith said actuating mechanism, and means whereby said loose registerwhen properly associated with said mechanism automatically establishesoperative connection between said mechanism and both of the registers,and whereby the removal of said loose register automatically breaksoperative connection between said mechanism and both of the registers.

The combination of a plurality of registers, mechanism for actuating thesame, and means whereby one of said registers controls the connectionsbetween said mechanism and each of said registers.

' 6.'Thev combination with time controlled register-actuating mechanism,of a loose register adapted to be readily brought into and out ofoperative association with said mechanism.

7. The combination of a plurality of registers, actuating mechanismtherefor, one of said registers being readily removable. and meanswhereby the removal of said lastmentioned register automatically renderssaid mechanism inoperative, while the replacing of said registerautomatically restores saidmechanism to operative condition to causeconcurrent actuation of all of said registers.

8. The combination of a wage-register. an actuating mechanism therefor.and a jobregister for establishing operative mechanical connectionbetweenv said wage-registeradapted to be concurrently actuated bysaidmechanism in opposite directions, so that the decumulation of oneregister is accompanied by a corresponding accumulation of the otherregister, andmeans carried by the decumulating register for mechanicallycontrolling the connection between said mechanism and said source ofpower, said decumulating register being adapted to be readily broughtinto and out of association with said.

actuating mechanism. r

12. In combination. a source of power, register actuating mechanismnormally disconnected therefrom. a loose register adapted to be broughtinto association with said mechanism to be actuated thereby in anegative. direction, means carried by said register for automaticallymaking and breaking connection between said mechanism and said source ofpower as the register is brought into and out of association with saidinechae nism, and a totalizing register connected with said mechanismto'be actuated thereby for connecting the mechanism and the power shafttogether, whereby the two registers are actuated concurrently. saidmechanism and said power shaft being automatically disconnected uponwithdrawal of the loose register.

14. In a device of the class described. the combination ofregisteractuating mechanism. a wage-register" permanently associatedtherewith. a power shaft normally disconnected from said mechanism, anda loose register having a pair of projecting gears adapted to engagesaid mechanism when said loose register is brought into associationtherewith, whereby said mechanism and said power shaft become connectedfor concurrently actuating the registers, said mechanism and said powershaft being automatically disconnected upon withdrawal of the looseregister.

15. In combination, a source of power, a register, decumulatingmechanism for connecting the register with the source of power, andmechanical devices actuated by said register for controlling theconnection with said source of power when said register is decumulated apredetermined amount.

16. In combination, a source of power, a. register, decumulatingmechanism for connecting the register with the source of power, andmechanical devices actuated by said register for interrupting theconnection between said source of power and said register when saidregister is decumulated a predetermined amount.

-17. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a pluralityof registeractuating mechanisms having each associated therewith acharacteristic mark, of a loose register adapted to be associated withsaid mechanism for actuation, and provided with an identifying markwhich cooperates with one of said first-mentioned marks to permitassociation of the register only with the mechanism to which thecooperating mark belongs.

18. In a device of the kind described, the

combination with a plurality of registeractuating mechanisms, of a looseregister .adapted to be associated therewith for actuation, and meansfor compelling association of the register with a certain preselectedone of said mechanisms when itis desired to actuate the register.

' 19. In a device of the kind described, the combination witha-pluralityof register-actuating mechanisms having each associatedtherewith a characteristic mark, of a loose register adapted to beassociated with said mechanism for actuation, and provided with anidentifying mark which cooperates with one of said first-mentionedmarksto permit association of a register only with the mechanism to which thecooperating mark belongs, the identifying mark on the register beingreadily removable and replaceable by a different mark to preselect theparticular mechanismwith which the register is intended to beassociated.

20. Ina device of the kind described, the combination of a plurality ofregister-actuating mechanisms, a wall or panel behind which saidmechanisms are situated, said panel having a set of openings for eachmechanism, a bushing secured in each opening and provided with acharacteristic mark, the bushings in the openings belonging to the samemechanism having the same mark, a loose register having means adapted tobe inserted through said bushing into said openings for temporarilyconnecting the. register with the-desired mechanism, and a mark carriedby said loose register adapted to cooperate only with the mark belongingto a particular set of bushings, whereby it is necessary to insert theregister into one of a predetermined set of opening ings in order toeffect operative connection between the register and the associatedmechanism.

21. In a device of the kind described, the

combination of a plurality of register acsaid bushings into saidopenings, a gear secured to said shaft for connecting the register withthe associated mechanism when the shaft is properly inserted, a bushingcarried by said shaft and having a mark adapted to cotiperate only withthe mark belonging to a particular set of bushings, whereby it isnecessary to insert the register into one of apredetermined set ofopenings in order to effect operative connection between the registerand the associated mechanism.

I 22. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a pluralityof register-actuating mechanisms each including a plurality ofdifferential gear sets, a panel behind Which the mechanisms aresituated, said panel having a set of openings for each mechanism, therebeing an opening for each differential set, a bushing secured in eachopening and provided with a characteristic mark, the bushings and theopenings which belong to the same mechanism having the saine mark, aplurality of loose registers having each a shaft projecting therefromadapted to be inserted through said bushings into said openings, a gearsecured to said shaft for connecting the properly inserted register withthe associated mechanism, a bushing carried by said shaft and having amark adapted to coiiperate only -With the mark belonging to a particularset of bushings, whereby it is necessary to insert the register into oneof a predetermined set of openings in order to effect operativeconnection between the register and the associated mechanism, atotalizing register connected with each mechanism, a normallydisconnected power shaft associated With each mechanism, and meanscarried by each of said loose registers for automatically connecting themechanism with the power'shaft when the register is properly inserted,whereby the actuations of the loose registers .associated with any onemechanism are concurrently summated in the connected totalizing registerthrough the differential sets.

23. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a plurality ofregisteraetuating mechanisms, a plurality of loose registers adapted tobe temporarily associated therewith for actuation. means carrlcdby eachregisterfor predetermining the particular mechanism with which theregister shall become associated in order to i actuated. and means fortotalizing the actuations of the registers associated with any one ofsaid mechanisms.

24. In a device of the kind described. the combination of a totalizingregister. a plurality of loose registers adapted to be simultaneouslyassociated therewith. a corresponding plurality of differential gearsets with which said totalizing register is connected. a rotatable shaftnormally disconnected from said gear sets. and m *ans carried by each ofsaid loose registers for transmitting the rotation of said shaft throughan associated loose register to the corresponding dilferential set.whereby the actuations of the loose registers are summated in i saidtotalizing "register through said differential sets.

:25. In a device of the kind described. the combination of a rotatableshaft, a plurality of loose registers adapted to be associated with saidshaft for concurrent actuation, and means for automatically totalizingthe actuations of the associated registers, said totalizing means beingoperated by said shaft through each one of said loose registers.

go. In a device of the kind described, the ('-omhination of a pluralityof independent transmission paths. a differential gear set in each oneof said paths. a rotatable shaftadapted to be connected with saidtransmission paths. a plurality of loose registers mlapted to be readilybrought into and out of association with said shaft, means carried byeach of said re isters for connecting the shaft with one of saidtransmission paths through the loose register when the same isassociated with the shaft. and a totalizing register connected with saiddifferential sets so that the actuations of the associated looseregisters are automatitailly summated by said totalizing register.

27. In a device of the. kind described, the combination of a rotatableshaft, a totalizing register,transmission mechanism for actuating saidregister in a positive direction, said mechanism being adaptedtobeoperated by said shaft but normally disconnected therefrom. a looseregister adapted to be temporarily brought into operative. associationwithsaid shaft for decumulation. means whereby the association of saidloose register with said shaft automatically connects said transmissionmechanism and said loose register with the shaft to cause concurrentactuations of the registers in opposite directions. whereby theindications of the loose register aretransferred to the totalizer. theremoval of said loose register auton'iatically breaking connectionbetween said shaft and said mechanism, and means for automaticallydisconnecting the loose register when the same is cleared.

28. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a rotatableshaft, a totalizing register, differential transmission mechanism foractuating said register in an opposite direction, said mechanism beingadapted to be operated by said shaft but normally disconnectedtherefrom, a plurality of loose registers adapted to be temporarilyassociated with said shaft for concurrent decumulation, means wherebythe association of said loose register with said shaft automaticallyconnects the transmission mechanism and the loose registers with theshaft to cause concurrent actuation of the connected loose registers andthe totalizinL register in opposite directions, whereby the indicationsof the loose registers are summated through said differential mechanismin said totalizing register, and means for automatically disconnectingeach loose register as it is cleared.

29. In a device of the kind described, the combination of aregister-decumulating mechanism, a loose register adapted to betemporarily associated therewith for decumulation, and means carried bythe loose register for automatically disconnecting the register when itis cleared.

30. In a device of the kind described, the combination of aregisterdecumulating mechanism, a loose register adapted to betemporarily associated therewith for decumulation, means for totalizingthe decumulations of the register, and means carried by the register forautomatically disconnecting the register when it is cleared.

31. In a device of the kind described, the combination of aregister-decumulating mechanism, a loose register adapted to betemporarily associated therewith for decumulation, means for totalizingthe decumulations of the register, and means carried by the looseregister for automatically forcing the register bodily out of connectionwith the mechanism when the register passes through zero.

32. In a device of the class described, the,

combination with an actuating mechanism, of a workmans loose registeradapted to be readily brought into operative association with saidmechanism to be actuated thereby at a predetermined rate, said registerbeing loosely associated with said mechanism and readily removabletherefrom.

33. In a device of the class described, the combination with atime-controlled mechanism of a loose register adapted to be readilybrought into operative association with said mechanism to be actuatedthereby at a predetermined rate, said register being loosely associatedwith said mechanism and readily removable therefrom.

34. In combination, a source of power, two registers, mechanism forconnecting the registers to the source of power to accumulate the firstone of said registers and decumulate the second one of said registers,and mechanical devices for controlling the connection between saidregisters and said source of power when said second register isdecumulated a predetermined amount.

35. In combination, a source of power. two registers, mechanism forconnecting the registers with the source of power to accumulate thefirst one of said registers and decumulate the second one of saidregisters,

- and mechanical devices for interrupting the connection between saidregisters and said source of power when said second register isdecumulated a predetermined amount.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 8th day of May A.D. 1909.

WILLIAM J. CRUMPTON.

VVitnesse s:

LEONARD W. NovANDnR, A. A. THOMAS.

